On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 11:39:02AM -0700, peter360 wrote: > Thanks for the explanation. So my understanding of the way ssh works is > still incorrect. I am confused about at which point the two parameters, > "-c" and "ulimit -a" were converted into three, "-c", "ulimit", and "-a". I > guess I need to read the source of ssh and bash to really understand this...
It's an ssh "feature" for backward compatibility with remsh/rsh. imadev:~$ $HOME/bin/args 'ulimit -a' 1 args: 'ulimit -a' imadev:~$ remsh localhost $HOME/bin/args 'ulimit -a' 2 args: 'ulimit' '-a' imadev:~$ ssh localhost $HOME/bin/args 'ulimit -a' wool...@localhost's password: 2 args: 'ulimit' '-a'
